U+9E43 "鹃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9E43 "鹃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the cuckoo bird, specifically the species commonly known in East Asian contexts, and appears in compound words like "杜鹃" (dùjuān), which denotes both the cuckoo bird and the azalea flower. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block, where it is encoded for use in traditional and simplified Chinese scripts, as well as in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja. Its etymology combines the radical for "bird" (鸟 or 鳥) on the left with the phonetic component "肙" (yuān) on the right, reflecting a typical pictophonetic structure that hints at pronunciation while conveying the avian meaning. In literature and culture, the cuckoo symbolized by this character is often associated with melancholy or longing, appearing in classical poetry and folklore as a herald of spring or a voice of sorrow.